Progesterone may Avert Repeated Miscarriage

CHICAGO, Jan. 11 -- A recent study has revealed that women who go through multiple miscarriages in the first four to six weeks of their gestation period, the hormone progesterone could offer hope for a successful birth.
For the study, researchers at University of Illinois at Chicago studied the effects of micronized plant-derived progesterone in 116 of these women who had experienced two or more pregnancy losses.
The findings of the study revealed that progesterone caused the patients' endometrium to produce more endometrial secretions. However, among the women who had to go through multiple pregnancy loses, their embryos were starving to death, they were not getting sufficient food. When progesterone was given then the endometrium produced more nutrients and averted their miscarriages.
However, further research has been warranted in testing the efficacy of progesterone as a treatment for repeated pregnancy loss with a forthcoming randomized experiment to legalize the hypothesis.
The study appeared in the journal, Fertility & Sterility.